Sorry for reporting against udev. After a quick check, the problem is in wacom-tools, more exactly in the udev rule created by wacom-tools :
Here is an extract of wacom-tools ubuntu diff ( http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wacom-tools/wacom-tools_0.7.2-0ubuntu7.diff.gz ) +# udev rule for wacom tablets. + +KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="056a", SYMLINK+="input/wacom" Reopening bug for wacom-tools ** Changed in: udev (upstream) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected ** Changed in: wacom-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools + wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/wacom instead of /dev/input/wacom ** Description changed: - First bug - At the moment on Ubuntu, /etc/X11/xorg.conf points wacom devices to /dev/wacom, which is not the right location. It should instead point to /dev/input/wacom, automatically created by udev after install of wacom-tools. + At the moment, udev scripts installed by package wacom-tools point to + /dev/input/wacom, whereas /etc/X11/xorg.conf points wacom devices to + /dev/wacom. - Second bug : - xserver-xorg-input-wacom doesn't depend on wacom-tools, whereas users need wacom-tools installed to get an almost working configuration. - Reason : wacom-tools provide udev scripts that creates a working symlink in /dev/input/wacom - - Solving these two really small bugs would make Ubuntu ready for wacom - tablets (at least the USB ones) without even any user intervention - a - great feature. + As a result, Wacom USB tablets don't work in Ubuntu. -- wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/wacom instead of /dev/input/wacom https://launchpad.net/bugs/40473 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
